Ludmila Merkulova

Ludmila Alexandrovna Merkulova (14 January 1920-2 December 1942) was a Soviet Red Army soldier during World War II.

Biography
Ludmila Alexandrovna Merkulova was born on 14 January 1920 in Kalach-na-Donu, Russian SFSR, and she joined the Red Army in 1941 during the mobilization of all able-bodied Russians into the military. Merkulova fought in the Battle of Stalingrad in the winter of 1942, and she took part in the close-quarters fighting against the German Wehrmacht. On 2 December 1942, she was killed in action during the close-quarters fighting against the Germans.